Tuesday, March 21, 2017

The Polygamist's Daughter by Anna LeBaron, Leslie Wilson

"My father had more than
fifty children." So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron,
daughter of the notorious polygamist and murderer Ervil LeBaron. With
her father wanted by the FBI for killing anyone who tried to leave his
cult--a radical branch of Mormonism--Anna and her siblings were
constantly on the run with the other sister-wives. Often starving and
always desperate, the children lived in terror. Even though there were
dozens of them together, Anna always felt alone.She escaped when she was
thirteen . . . but the nightmare was far from over.A shocking true
story of murder, fear, and betrayal, The Polygamist's Daughter is also the heart-cry of a fatherless girl and her search for love, faith, and a safe place to call home.

One of more than fifty
children of infamous, polygamist cult leader, Ervil LeBaron, Anna
LeBaron endured abandonment, horrific living conditions, child labor,
and sexual grooming. At age thirteen, she escaped the violent cult, gave
her life to Christ, and sought healing. A gifted communicator and
personal growth activist, she’s passionate about helping others walk in
freedom. Anna lives in the DFW Metroplex and loves being Mom to her five
grown children.

A read that will make you realize how lucky you are and how your
childhood compared to this poor little girl who really didn’t have one. A
survivor for sure, but at what price, and what is told in this true
story of the life of Anna LeBaron.I vaguely remember reading about
some of the murders that were committed but this cult, and why, well you
can’t leave, or the head honcho doesn’t like you or wants what you
have. No wonder this girl ends up in therapy, and you have to wonder
while reading if it can even help, all that she has been through and
seen. You wonder how a mother could allow these things to happen to her
child, or leave her, in a foreign country no less, but then I had to
think this woman was so brain washed, but it still made it hard to read
all that went on.This is a quick page turning read, and once I
started the author compelled me to keep reading, all the while I wanted
to hug and comfort her, but loved the story right to the end.I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Tyndale, and was not required to give a positive review.